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Core Studies - Areas, Key Themes And Studies Flashcards

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What key themes are within the social area?

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  1. Responses to people in authority

2. Responses to people in need

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What key themes are within the Cognitive area?

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  1. Memory

2. Attention

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What key themes are within the developmental area?

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  1. External influences on children’s behaviour

2. Moral development

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What key themes are within the biological area?

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  1. Regions of the brain

2. Brain plasticity

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What key themes are within the individual differences area?

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  1. Understanding disorders

2. Measuring differences

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What is a classical study?

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The old studies (ones that tested for the key theme first)

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What is a contemporary study?

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The most recent study (extends or confirms our understanding)

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What is the classical study of responses to people in need?

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Milgram (obedience)

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What is milgram about?

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Obedience

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What is the contemporary study of responses to people in need?

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Bocchiaro (disobedience and whistle-blowing)

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What is Bocchiaro about?

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Disobedience and whistle-blowing

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What is the classic study for responses to people in need?

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Piliavin (subway Samaritan)

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What is Piliavin about?

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Subway Samaritan

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What is the contemporary study for responses to people in need?

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Levine (cross-cultural altruism)

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What is Levine about?

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Cross-cultural altruism

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What is the classic study for memory?

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Loftus and Palmer (eyewitnesses testimony)

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What is Loftus and Palmer about?

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Eyewitness testimony

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What is the contemporary study for memory ?

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Grant (context-dependent memory)

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What is Grant about?

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Context dependent memory

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What is the classic study for attention?

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Moray (auditory attention)

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What is moray about?

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Auditory attention

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